IFIP Working Group 10.5 Update on 2017 VLSI-SoC Abu Dhabi, UAE Wednesday, October 11, 2017 IFIP Working Group 10.5 Update on 2017 VLSI-SoC Abu Dhabi, UAE Ibrahim (Abe) Elfadel Masdar Institute of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi, UAE 2016 DATE , Dresden, Germany March 16 2016

Abu Dhabi in the Gulf Region $15B investment in semiconductors 6000 patents 15,000 patents (IBM Micro)

Yas Island Hotels At two per room, several Yas Island hotels are affordable by students

Yas Viceroy At two per room, several Yas Island hotels are affordable by students

Venue: Yas Viceroy 5-star hotel has grand ballroom and 10 conference rooms Only 15 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport 10 minutes from Masdar City (first zero-carbon footprint city in the world!) 1hr15 minutes from Dubai International Airport Offer made in Dec 2016 Still active but asked for a revision to reduce hotel rates.

Venue: Yas Viceroy Meeting rooms are fully capable of hosting plenary and 4 parallel conference lecture sessions, as well as 3 simultaneous committee meetings. Hosted, in Dec 2013, the 20th IEEE Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), which is the Region 8 flagship conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. 7 international restaurants and a host of amenities Overlooks the Yas Marina Circuits – Home of the Abu Dhabi Formula 1.

VLSI-SoC 2017 Chairs General Chairs: Ozgur Sinanoglu, NYU Abu Dhabi Unfortunately, he will be very busy who other conference commitments. He has proposed Prof. Michail (Mihalis) Maniatakos from NYU-AD to replace him. Abe Elfadel, Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE Technical Co-chair of ICECS 2013 in Abu Dhabi Tutorial & Special Session Chair for MWSCAS 2016, Aby Dhabi, UAE Co-Director ATIC-SRC Center of Excellence on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE

VLSI-SoC 2017 Committees Technical Co-Chairs: One from UAE One international Suggestion: VLSI-SoC Steering Committee

Projected Finances Two Options: Break-even option with registration fees ($400 early registration for IFIP/IEEE/ACM members) Total cost: $72,000. Full-support option with $0 registration fees

Expected Attendance and Revenue (Revised)

Expected Cost (Revised) Based on these projected revenues and costs, the conference will break even at 185 attendees and will have a surplus if the number of attendees is any higher than this number.

Possible Support (original) Abu Dhabi Educational Council: Expected: AED250K = US$68K? Can be used to support increased participation: Student travel grant Outreach: Faculty travel grant Social and co-located activities

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Thank You